sarah jeong

@sarahjeong when most Americans express fear of socialism it means larger more powerful more resourced government (not that has to but has)

The rise of the military-industrial complex corresponds with the Cold War —> More powerful govt to ward off red threat. @corderoenvivo

@sarahjeong thus fear of(state) socialism is the same as that against totalist NSA style state. This isnt a ridiculous historical conclusion

@corderoenvivo @sarahjeong food stamps and free healthcare, same thing as mass surveillance and data collection right? totally reasonable

@nimbusgo @sarahjeong its almost like theyre being done by the same entity! And that power corrupts! And that taxes originated in war making

@corderoenvivo @sarahjeong same entity dif uses, hammers can be used to build houses or break windows. Property rights originated in slavery

@nimbusgo @sarahjeong &the history of the entity "United States Government" leads you to believe it is what kind of tool? 1 we need more of?

@corderoenvivo @sarahjeong It's not one tool, it's many. I want more and better tools that help people, fewer that help power.

@nimbusgo Marxists call this "instrumentalist fallacy". State isn't & can't be neutral tool. Founded& based on violence & exploitation.

@corderoenvivo I'm not a statist. One works with what one has tho. Why decry helping people with the same or more fervor than killing/spying